New method to identify genes that can drive development of brain tumours
Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have developed a method for identifying functional mutations and…
Browsing: genes
Scientists find cancer drug resistance genes and possibly how to limit their effects
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have discovered a gene associated with about half of…
Identification of signature genes associated with therapeutic resistance to anti-VEGF therapy
The cover for issue 1 of Oncotarget features Figure 5, “APLN overexpression correlates with worsened prognosis in…
How much sunshine causes melanoma? It’s in your genes
QIMR Berghofer researchers have shown that 22 different genes help to determine how much sun…
Scientists identify genes tied to increased risk of ovarian cancer
A team of researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer, Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute…
Cancer genes’ age and function strongly influence their mutational status
Researchers have provided new insight on why some genes that formed during the evolution of…
Is your lung cancer really ROS1-negative?
Drugs like crizotinib are used to treat patients with ROS1-positive lung cancer. But which patients…
Genes linked with sunburn, skin cancer risk
Certain genes can determine which people are more at risk of getting sunburnt, and possibly…
Unlocking cancer’s secrets using the ‘social networks’ of cells
Recent headlines have cast suspicion on social network analysis, which can mine data from the…
AACR 2018: Researchers identify epigenetic changes that may help explain racial disparities in breast cancer
As culture shapes our environment, which in turn influences how genes are expressed, cultural differences…